Spacecraft Tactics

Spacecraft Tactics is a 2D turn-based tactical space game. Save the last rebel outpost in the campaign.

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Developer
Stephan Birkl
Publisher
Stephan Birkl
Released
Nov 27, 2023
Price
$8.99
Platform
PC

About this game

Key Features

  • Progress through 5 chapters of the campaign, collect loot, craft items and upgrade your ship to overcome increasingly difficult challenges on 3 difficulty levels or in the integrated speedrun mode
  • Micromanage your crew and your ship while staying on top of tactical battles
  • Create and share your own ships and scenes in the built-in editors
  • Play single player or online co-op, PvE or PvP in the 5 included game modes
  • Designed to be modular from the ground up, Spacecraft Tactics supports community-created mods

Play the campaign

  • The last rebel outpost got spotted by imperial scouts. Relocate the outpost before the main fleet attacks!
  • Throughout the campaign you must collect loot, craft items and upgrade your ship to overcome increasingly difficult challenges
  • Adapt your strategy and loadout to different situations as you progress through the campaign
  • Play single player or online with a friend
  • Designed with multiple playthroughs in mind
  • Every playthrough is different
  • 3 difficulty levels
  • Speedrun mode with predictable rng, special game design and integrated display of splits
  • Global highscores

Micromanage your ship

  • Distribute energy between systems
  • Manage your crew
  • Control ship systems
  • Damage control
  • Heal and revive crew members
  • Manage inventories
  • Provide emergency power to systems
  • Automations
  • Systems are connected to and powered by grids:
  • Energy
  • Shield
  • O2
  • Network
  • Maintain fields
  • Shield (Shield emitters)
  • O2 (Air vents)
  • Healing (First aid stations)

Tactical battles

  • Manage your capacitor, shield buffer and EM emissions
  • Use the right loadout to suit your tactical situation
  • Position your ship and keep an eye on your opponents
  • Develop a strategy and execute it

Editors

  • Create your own ships in the ship editor
  • Design new scenarios in the integrated scene editor
  • Play them in single player or online in custom game mode
  • Most game modes also allow to use custom ships and scenes
  • Share your ships and scenes with the integrated sharing functionality and in Steam Workshop (bundled as mods)

Game modes and match making

  • The following game modes are available for single-player and multiplayer games:
  • The Last Outpost: Save the last rebel outpost from the empire!
  • Battles: Multiplayer PvE mode with progression
  • Arena: Multiplayer PvP arena
  • Race: Test your skills maneuvering your ship and hunt for highscores
  • Custom Game: Sandbox mode, play your own scenes or test your ship in a procedural generated environment
  • Play on our server (for official highscores) or host your own game server:
  • Game server is embedded in the game (best for LAN sessions or custom games if you are able to forward a port in your router)
  • There is also a dedicated game server included
  • Use Steam game invites, find online games in the game browser or receive a quick-join code

Modding

  • Spacecraft Tactics has been designed from the ground up to be modular and support mods created by the community:
  • Change the balancing of the game or introduce new gameplay elements with the integrated entity editor
  • Bundle your own ships and scenes and distribute it as a mod
  • Customize the presentation by creating your own tilesets, sounds / music or even texts / translations
  • Develop your own mods in Groovy programming language, ranging from simple scripts for your scenes up to full conversions
  • Mods can be shared in Steam Workshop
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